Shipping-package.



P. MANDBVILLB & J. WlLKINSv.

SHIPPING PACKAGE.

i l n ,Y APPLICATION FILED PEVB.24, 191s. 1,1,22,522 Patented Deo, 29, 1914.

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PAUL MANDEVILLE, or vvLinge BLUFF, ANDJOSEBHINE WILKINs-on omelette; fr

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, PAULMANDEVILLE,

a. citizen of the United States, -residing at Lake Bluff, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, and J'os'EPiiINE WILKINs, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of VCook and State of' ilinois," have Ainvented certain new and'usef ful Improvements in Shipping-Packages, of which the following isa specification, ref erence being had to' theaccompanying drawings.

y Our invention relates lto improvementsin packages primarily designed for use in the shipment of eggs but which may also be employed with advantage in'theshipment of certain small fruits or other articles where it is desired thatsuch fruits or other articles be packed in suchmanner as to avoidthe different pieces coming in contact with each other. v

The leading object of the invention isto provide an improved construction of eX- terior casing for a series'ofcells, such casing being composed of la varied number ofunits whereby the package as a whole may be varied in size by increasing or diminishing fthe number of such units according to the lso quantity of articles to be shipped. This object 'we attain by thevmeans shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

Those things which are believedto be new.

will be set forth in the claims.

`In the 'drawings, Figure l' is av 'perspective view of thencase; Fig. 2 is a vertical central s'ectionthrough the case and the fillers therein; Figs.`3 and 4f4 are plan views on-a reduced scale of the blanks. which when folded and interlocked constitute one of the halves of a iiller member; 'Fig'. 5 is a top or plan view of one of theunit sections of' the package; and Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the two members, formed respectivelyfrom the blanksof Figs. 4 and'5,"and which when united by interlockingform4 a tra-y that constitutes a half of the complete structure that is employed to form a substantially closed series of receptaclesl for containing eggs or other articles.

Referring to the several figures of' the'- drawings in which corresponding parts-are indicated by like reference characters-A indicates'the bottom section of the` casing and Bthe cover section. i I,

C and C indicate lsimilarly-constructed I AApplication*filedFebruary24,1913. Seriali'No;750,321.v

Specification of Ile-titers Ptent I v Patented 1560.29, 1914.

intermediate units orsections ofthey casing andit is to be understood tha-tas many such units may be employed betweenthebottom section A and 'cover section B as may be found necessary or desirable, and,` indeed, where but a very few eggs Vor other articles are' to* i 'filler members inclosed in those l two casing y parts, as'willjbe understood from yan inspection of Fig.` 2 in connection with the more detailed description of the manner of using the device hereinafter given. Each unitor section G-C of the complete casing is open i at botli ends andyhas its four side walls lslightly sloping or inclining so 'that such units or sections are'large'r` at the bottom than at the top, therebypermitt'ing any in- Atermediate section to telescope or project into the open lower end'of any other similar member and likewise permitting of=a simi- `lar union between the bottom A and any such intermediate section or,in case such intermediate sections are not employed; as above suggested, permittingvthe bottom A and cover B to be so connected. Each 'of the by turning down the edge lportions O15-suchl wall (which wall is preferably vmade of strawboard) and gluingthem to the inner faces of the section walls. These turned-` down edge portions are indicated. by i 2.

KASaid walls l serve notvonly as lsupports for the iller members, as-'hereinafter vset forth',

butserve as stopsto regulate the extent to which a lower sectionv may Abe telescoped loo to the package, such openings being alined with other similarly-shaped#openings in the various ljler sections. i -5 indicates other and smaller air holesin the side' w-allszof the casing. 4 i

D and E indicate two sheets forming the blanksfrom which a single tray is formed, in each tray being formed a series of depressions adapted to receive an egg, such depressions being of a depth equal to about one-half the length of an ordinary egg. Foreach layer of eggs there are therefore employed two such trays, one inverted over the other, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby each egg will be practically inclosed in one of the cells or pockets that'are thus formed by oppositely-located depressions in said two trays. gether form a set ofcomplete inclosed cells or 'pockets is formed by the union of two parts D and E which are produced by folding, las shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the

blanks shown in Fig. 3 and 4, respectively. As shown in Fig. 6 the part D, when folded, comprises a series of ridges D2 substantially V-shaped in form, such ridges beingseparated from each other at their bases by fiat horizontal strips D3, ,and in the side walls of these V-shaped ridges are diagonally arranged slits c that are the slits c of the blank D. :The part E', formed from the blank` E, also is bent to form substantially V-shaped ridges .which are indicated by E", such ridges being separated from each other by a series of flat base-strips E3, The side faces of each vridge E2 are deeply notched due to the openings a in the blank E, these notches on one face of the ridge being trianl gular in form to correspond tothe shape of the ridges D', which enter them, and on the other face being for a portion of theirl length straight sided due to the formation' of the angular projections or tongues o in the-blank E, which angular tongue portions in the folded part-E are indicated by Zn', such projections or tongues entering the slits c when the two parts E and D are put together` The iat strips E3 that connect the edges 1of adjacent ridges E2 and separate such ridges one from the other will be formed in the bending operation by the narrow portions marked e` in the blank shown in Fig. 4. With the part E properly placed over and upon Athe part D the ridges D2 will project into the deep notches in the ridges E2, the angular projections or tongues b', entering the diagonal slits c and by the frictional engagement of such projections or tongues with the sides of these slits aid* ing in keeping the two parts' locked together. Ihe end ridges E2 of the part E come opposite-the open ends of the ridges D2 of the part D andthe end ridges D2 of the partvD come opposite the open ends of the ridges E2 and as the outer walls of the j end ridges of both parts are not notched or slit the tray that is4 formed by the union of vthe two parts D and E isA closed along all four sides anda very rigid structure is produced by turning ontwardly the lower edges Each of the two trays that thus to- Maase of the outer wall of the end ridges of each part to 'form horizontal langesEf4 and D4,

respectively, and gluing-or otherwise suitably aiixing such-flanges to a base, which base,fin the construction shown, is the iXed cross-wall l in the case oi' the casing sections or top B accordingly as the completed traymember thus made isapplied to one -of these parts. l

As shown, each cross-wall 1 ofisuch casing sections as are interposed between the bottom A and top B supports two ofthe filler trays described, one such tray being supported against each face of s'uch wall,

which iiller trays maybe attached in place meet the filler section on the upper face of.

vC and C or the inner face of the bottoni A the cross-wall of that lower casing section r and thus the two filler trays-the downwardly projecting one secured to one crosswall and the upwardly projecting one .secured to another cross-wall-will form a series 4of practically closed receptacles in which will be held securely the eggs or other small articles which are to be transported. -In this construction'each filler tray provides four sloping faces and a horizontal loo end wall, thus insuring many points of con- ,j

tact for the egg or article in each recep-v tacle andinsuring it lbeingsecurely held.

As shown the filler members formed by the .union of the two pieces D-E are proroe vided with large sized holes through their central portion which register with the openings 3 and 4 in the bottom and top pieces 'Al-.B of the casing and with similar openings 6 and 7 in the cross-walls of the intermediate sections C--C, thereby affording a free passage for air centrally throughout the casing', the ventilation thus afforded being supplemented by the numerous small openings 5 in the walls of thedifferent' sections of the casing.

We haveshown no means :tor securing the varioussections of Vthe casing together,

but it will be understood that in practice vplurality of separable parts, a section comprising a frame open at both ends and having its Walls inclined to adapt it to telescope another section of the casing, a Wall secured Within said frame intermediate the ends thereof to provide two separate chambers for the reception of articles to be shipped,

A and a tray supported bysaid Wall, said tray being provided with cells or pockets.

2. In a shipping packagecomposed of a ph'lral-ity of'separable parts, a section comprising a frame openv at both' ends and having its Walls inclined to adapt it to telescoperality of separable parts and comprising a section open at both ends and having its side vWalls inclined to adapt one of its ends to enter a second section and also `to receive at its other endthe end of a third section, s'aid first-mentioned section'havlng a cross- `Wall intermediate Iits ends but nearer one ,l

end than the other; a traycontaining a series of 'cells'or pockets located'on each face of'said cross-Wall,v and a tray infeach of said second and third named sections havinga series of cells or pockets adapted to co--, operate With those in the first-mentioned section. totform two sets ofsubstantiallyff5 closed receptacles. e l

4r; A shipping package-composedof a plurality of separable parts andcomprising in combination asectionopen at both ends and 'having its side walls inclined lto ada-pt one of its ends to enter a second section and also to receive at its other end the end of a third section, two trays located in said iirst-lnentioned section, each having a series of cells -or pockets, means for .securing such trays intermediate the ends of such section but nearer one'end than the other, and a-tray in each of said second and third-named sections each having a series of 'cells or pockets adapted to .cooperate With those in the first mentioned section to form two sets of sub stantially closed receptacles.

PAUL MANDEVILLE. JOSEPHINE -WILKINS- lVtnesses: l ALBERT ADAMS,

A. FURNNER. 

